A small diamond as a token of your love.
Though it might just squish her. As Scott at AMCGLTD notes:
At that density and size, it should be noted, the thing has a gravitational field about three thousand times stronger than the earth’s.
And Michael at Discount Blogger reports that on hearing the news:
… the simultaneous orgasm experienced by worldwide employees of De Beers very nearly registered on the Richter scale.
The Apostropher has some cool pictures of Olympus Mons on Mars.
I’m all for this idea:
President Bush will announce plans next week to establish a permanent human settlement on the moon and to set a goal of eventually sending Americans to Mars, administration sources said last night.
If I’m going to be taxed I’d certainly rather have the money go towards something like this instead of tobacco subsidies or misadventures in Iraq.
Via Kevin Drum who suspects the WMDs may have been hidden on the moon.
Scott just reminded me that Spirit has landed on Mars and is communicating. This is what the landing spot looks like. More pictures at NASA.
I just read Mars Crossing by Geoffrey Landis. Based on the above picture he did a great job of capturing the Martian Terrain.
Offered for our enjoyment by Space.com. My favorite of this set of images is number 4.
Via A List a Day.